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o s li MONDAY. ((trUKER 21. 10SJ .Mi;i)l'l)l(I) .MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORb. OREGON THIS WAS THE CIVIL WAR Confederate Forces Ambushed By MERTON T. AKERS L'nilrd Press Intrrnational A nolc of frustration crept into the letter Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lec wrote to his wife, Mary, on Oct. 19, 1863. Describing the maneuvering of his Army of Northern Vir ginia against Ihc Federal army of the Potomac, Lee told his wife: ". . . Our advance went as far as Bull Run ... I could have thrown him (the enemy) further back, but I saw no chance of bringing him to bat tle and it would have only served to fatigue our troops by advancing further. "If they had been properly provided with clothes I would certainly have endeavored to have thrown them north of the Potomac. But thousands were barefooted, thousands with fragments of shoes and all with out overcoats, blankets or warm clothing. "I could nut bear to expose them to certain suffering, on an uncertain issue. "Wc could only come up with their rear, punished them a little . . . Lee's Letter Flanker "f think my rheumatism is a little better. Yet I still suffer. Lee had been franker about what had happened on the ad vance in a letter to President Jefferson Davis two days before. ". . . .We have captured about sixteen hundred prisioners, and inflicted some additional losses upon the enemy . . . Our own loss was slight, except in an ac tion at this place, where it was quite severe, and I regret to add that five pieces of artillery be longing to (Lt. Cen. Ambrose P.) Hill's corps were cap tured ... The "action at this place" which Lee mentioned was an engagement at Brisloe Station, Va., just south of the Old Bull Run (Manassas) battlefield. The fight at Brisloe was un important (except, of course, to the men who were killed or wounded) but it marked one of Ihe few times in the Civil War when any part of Lee's army was ambushed. At the time, Lee was maneu vering Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Federal army north by striking at its right flank. As Hill's corps arrived at Brisloe Station the banks of Broad Run, just north of the hamlet, were blue with Federal troops. Hill's artillery threw some shells into the lounging Federals on the south bank of the creek and they scurried to escape. Hill thought he saw a chance of cutting off all the troops still south of the stream. He ordered a quick attack by his two leading brigades. Other units were coming up in support. The Confederates attacked with a will. But as they came near Ihe embankment of the Orange 4 Alexandria railroad they met a terrific artillery and musket lire on their right llank. i From Concealed Troops I This fire came from Union i troops concealed behind t h e embankment, troops which Hill i had not known were there. Too late came the realization that this part of the field had not been scouted. The two Confederate brigades had no choice except to attempt to drive out the Federals. It was too late too turn back. In attempting to carry the embankment they were slaugh tered. One of the brigades, commanded by Gen. John R. Cooke, lost 700 men in the attack killed, wounded and captured. The 27th North Caro lina, which Cooke had led in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia campaigns, lost 2'M of its 416 men and 33 officers. The other brigade, c o m manded by Gen. William W. Kirkland, lost 602 men, about half of whom surrendered. Both Cooke and Kirkland were wounded. All told, the casualties were 1,361 in the two brigades. Another brigadier, Carnot Posey, was wounded in the leg trying to support Cooke and Kirkland and died a month later. Cooke came from one of the famous divided families in the Civil War. His fatther was Maj. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, who remained with the Union in 1861. Maj. Gen. J. 10. B. Stuart was the brother-in-law of the younger Cooke. The Federal troops in the fight at Brisloe belonged to the II Corps and were commanded by Maj. Gen. G. K. Warren. Approaching From South They were approaching Bris toe from the south after a long march and were screened from Ihe Confederates by woods. Warren heard the preliminary firing and saw an opportunity. From the saddle he shouted an order: "Tell General (Alexander) Hays to move by the left flank, at the doublcquick, to the rail road cut." Hays' men and those of Brig. Gen. Alexander Webb wheeled into position behind the em bankment, a breastworks made to order. From there they poured in the fire which mowed down Cooke's and Kirkland's brigades. In about 40 minutes it was all over, the Confederates moving away and the Federals continu ing north. Warren lost about 350 men. Meade moved two corps to the vicinity but by that time it was night. He then withdrew to Centcrvillc, Va., near the Bull Run battlefield and dug in. Hill came in for much criti cism for the Brisloe fight. Attack Too Hastily "I am convinced that I made the attack too hastily," he wrote in his report, "And at the same time that a delay of half an hour, and there would have been no enemy to attack. In that event I believe 1 should equally have blamed myself for not attacking at once." Lee noted on the report that "General Hill explains how, in his haste to attack the III Army Corps of the enemy, he overlooked the presence of the II, which was the cause of the disaster." Secretary of War James Scddon wrote on Ihc report that "the disaster at Bristic Station seems due to a gallant but over hastly pressing of the enemy." President Davis came to the point. "There was a want of vigil ance," he noted. The day after the fight Hill and Lec rode over the battle field. Hill explained to his chief what had happened. Lec made little comment as Ihey rode. At the end he said: "Well, well. General, bury these poor men and let us say no more about it." 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The method is long since a victim of progress, but the idea holds, and if plans come to fruition, a modern-day version of the old house-to-house merch andise display will hit the high seas late in November of next year. S. S. Tradefair It is an exhibition ship, a trade ship which will be christened the S. S. Tradefair, and it will be designed to carry examples of U. S. production to selected potential consumer areas. A spokesman for the first United States World Fair Ship, Inc.. a private corporation which is sponsoring the idea, said that as of this Jate, more than a year in advance of the scheduled first sailing Nov. 21, 1904, commitments have been received from a wide range of industries. The corporation is headed by John H. Morrill, who retired They'll Do It Every Time ---!4Sil7 oj, P-p...-4:3 got Vokav-O-KAY.'.') 1 ilT"- EVERYTHING S-SDDLEBAG5,-SHADDUP.'0IVE H:PVa)c .a t."v-ow- ac-NiLsA m WE FULL f 0 I i By Jimmy Hatlo Young ec-6uog CONVINCED THE OLD OET THAT WHILE "THEY WERE AT IT THEY AUGHT A3 WELL 60 FOR ALL THE TRIM-A1INC-S BICYCLE-WISE- About ome week later NOW EOC-Y HAi FO'TY REA50M5 FOR STRIPPING IT DOWN Trv-i iiADnT,-i nnqu' VOll GOT TO FIGURE WIND RESISTANCE--AL THIS GUNK JUST SLOWi 1 1 WJWN- ' ' hcfTSr ALLTHE OTHER KIDS GOT -ml-9 . from active duty with the Navy j ! in 1S55 with the rank of rear (admiral. The S. S. Tradefair; project is sponsored by 10 New i ork lirms. and beside the pri vate industries which have ex pressed interest, the Depart- . ments of Agriculture and of Commerce are considering con tracting for space. ! Sponsors of the project noted that a Japanese floating trade fair ship, the Sakaura Main. I sold S15 million in goods in four I months. But where the Japanese ; at some ports opened their ex- I hibition ship to the general public, the sponsors of the S. S. Tradefair plan lo have attend ance by invitation only, and i "we're making the point" that it is trade people only," the ; spokesman said. ! The vessel which will bei christened the Tradefair now is ; in use, but will be withdrawn ! I from trade around the first of the year fur conversion and re- furbishing by the Bethlehem Steel Company. At present, the schedule of her voyages would see her call ing at 40 port'-, the North Euro pean area, the Mediterranean, the Fur East and the South Atlantic. A 523-foot. 20.000-lun-ner. she will contain exhibit spaces, arranged in blocs, plus conference rooms and projec tion looms where trade movies can be shown lo prospective l customers who desire more in i formation than is given in a ; single exhibit. j "It's Ihe first time this has been tried here." said a spokesman for the sponsoring company, "and we have t o ' make a hard sales pitch, i "But it's a limcly project, j Right now. there is a lot of in j tercst at high governmental lev I els on any measures which will serve to increase our export trade, and help out our balance ' of payments problem. So we teel we have a lot ol ashuig ton support behind this." m a i J1 Small Worlds Around Us ; By LYNN M. W ATKINS IRtfitttr 4 TribuKtl Sy4kjlt mj) BREW IN GRAVEYARD ACTON, England (UPI) - A brewing company said today it had turned down Ihc Rev. Rich ard Parsons' offer to open a beer garden in his Anglican church gra eyard here. "Wc were flabbergasted." a brewery spokesman said. "But we. turned it down because it might tarnish our image." Achilles .May Have Lived If Yarrow Had Been Found Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan war, evi dently couldn I find a fresh yar row plant just when he need ed it most. Too bad, for he had been treating his wounded sol diers with the leaves and juice of (his plant, and knew that it stanched the flow of blood. But wounded, and in his most vul nerable spot his heel by an enemy by the name of Paris, neither he nor any of his men could locate a single plant. Achilles, that mythical char acter, died from his wound, but in so doing he definitely estab lished a pretty descriptive man ner of expressing a weak spot in one's armour, or anatomy; an expression still pretty uni versally used to this day. many hundreds of years after the Trojan war. Ever since, in many lands and by many peoples, the crush ed leaves of the yarrow, or bloodwort plant has been used for the stanching of blood, eith er from a wound, or even in cases of severe nosebleed. Today, after experi ments, modern man admits that the fresh leaves, and the juice of the yarrow is highly astringent. So universally used were the leaves of this plant, for staunch ing blood, that its scientific name, "achillca" is derived from the name of that ancient Greek warrior. Achilles, and this is today the recognized bo tanical classification. The common name, blood wort, or soldier's woundwort, has the same implication. But of course we could not let well enough alone, so we have come up with other descriptive, com mon names such as, nosebleed plant, devil's nettle, bodman's plaything, and old man's pep per; all common names for the yarrow. The yarrow weed, and a weed it surely is. grows just about everywhere, in pastures, waste lands, in fenccrows. and along side dusty roads. It was intro duced in America from Europe a very long time ago. Considered a nuisance, wc could however, get a valuable lesson . from it in how to survive, for it i contents itself with living in ne ' gleeted corners where it will ba bothered little, if at all. I The yarrow blooms from Junn , to November; small white blos soms, each one slightly resem bling small daisies, and with a nutty, autumnal fragrance. The stem is tall, stiff, and carries I lacy leaves, borne on branches of the main stem. Pioneer housewives made a strong, bitter tea from tho steeped leaves; it was adminis tered as a tonic, and for induc ing perspiration, believed to be helpful in the treat m c n t of colds. Made extra strong, it w as supposed to act as a stimulant. Back in the middle ages, long before the first plant ever found : a toehold in America, the leaves of the milwort, or yarrow wcro believed to be a vary potent love-charm. In spite of the plant's abun dance in pastures and fields, there is no record of it ever having been eaten by livestock, its only claim to greatness to day is the legend of Achilles, and the Trojan wars, and its name. Who knows'.' Maybe tho course of history would havo been different if that ancient : Greek warrior could have found some fresh leaves of the "sol dier's woundwort" when he was sorely wounded in his one and only vulnerable spot his heel. Arthritis-Rheumatism Vital Facts Discussed ! FREE DESCRIPTIVE BOOK ' As a public service to all rcadct ' of this paper, a new 36-pacie high ' Iv illustrated book on Arthritis and 'Rheumatism will be mailed ABSO LUTELY FREE to all who write for it. No aqent will call. ! 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